Membership Benefits:
- Listing in the annual Buy/Sell Guide
and/or Choose & Cut booklet. We distribute
both publications at trade shows (including
the 12-day Southern Christmas Show in
Charlotte). Complete text of both
publications also appears on the NCCTA
website.
- Your farm listing and retail lot
location on the NCCTA website.
- Quarterly issues of Limbs & Needles
Magazine.
- Reduced rates for our semi-annual
meetings and trade shows.
- Attention to relevant legislative
issues.
- Listing on Current Inventory in
September, October, and November. This is
posted on the NCCTA website and faxed upon
request.
- National media advertising and
advertising on consumer and retailer
websites.
- National branding of "North Carolina
Fraser Fir - the Perfect Christmas Tree."
- NCCTA endorsed health insurance.
- And much, much more.
Why Join The Association?
There are numerous reasons to become a member of
the North Carolina Christmas Tree Association.
You can Join the NCCTA by using our
printable application and Fax it to us.
If you would like more information about joining or about the NCCTA,
please feel free to
contact us, but please read
the information below before applying.
Purpose
The purpose of the association is to develop and
extend interest in the production and marketing
of quality Christmas trees in North Carolina.
Through group action, the association seeks to
promote better market opportunities, better
cultural practices, research, favorable
legislation and exchange of ideas among its
membership. The membership includes growers and
producers of Christmas trees and related
products in North Carolina or adjoining areas,
persons or firms supplying equipment, supplies
or planting stock, Christmas tree buyers and
others interested in affiliating with the
association.
Dues Schedule
 The basic membership fee listed on the
application by category applies to all members.
In addition, growers who raise Fraser Fir in
North Carolina and adjacent Virginia and
Tennessee Counties pay a minimum of $.05 per
tree sold during the most recent season of $5.00
per acre of Fraser fir if not yet selling trees.
These funds are allocated to the association's
Fraser Fir Promotional Committee for special and
separate use.
Membership is for one year beginning January
1 and may not be prorated. Fraser fir growers
will pay the grower fee and tree assessment even
though they may also fit other categories. In
all other cases, those who fit more than one
category should apply as an "Allied Business."
Those who raise trees in and out of North
Carolina should apply as an in-state grower.
The North Carolina Christmas Tree Association
members voted in 1995 to participate in the
National Christmas Tree Association Tree
Industry Partnership (T.I.P.). Each member
contributes $20.00 (the price of one tree) for
promotion of real trees on a National basis.
T.I.P. contributions are also used to fund
Federal lobbying efforts regarding Christmas
tree legislative issues. Members of a T.I.P.
participating Association are given special
privileges for National meetings and listings on
the National website.
Reminder
in order for any member to be listed in the
annual Buy/Sell Guide or the Choose & Cut
Memories Book a minimum Fraser fir assessment of
$50.00 is required. Please remember that the
contribution does not automatically result in
listing. You must also return forms you will
receive for listing.
Printable Membership Form
We have provided
our Membership form in PDF Format so that you
can easily display, print and FAX it to us. PDF
files are the standard for downloading or
accessing printable forms...and your computer
should have Adobe Acrobat Reader already
installed on it.
To VIEW and PRINT the printable membership
form --- click
here.
Once you print and fill it out, you may FAX
it to: 828-265-1558
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